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Bernie's new house, failed Socialism and how we combat economic ignorance

8/17/2016

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Bernie Sanders, who just made headlines for buying his third house for $600,000, refused to comment when a Univision reporter asked for his thoughts on Venezuela.

For a short time, Venezuela -- now a miserable #176 out of 178 countries in the Economic Freedom of the World Index -- was all the rage among leftist journalists and academics.

Columnist David Sirota wrote an article for Salon called "Hugo Chavez's Economic Miracle," in which he chided free-marketeers for their dogmatism, and for refusing to acknowledge the clear merits of Venezuela's system.

Haven't heard much from ol' Dave lately.

Via Target Liberty, here's a depiction of the GDP figures in Venezuela and South Korea (for reference).


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Oh, but we support the Scandinavian model of socialism, say your friends.

Later this month I'll be speaking on the show to Sweden's Dr. Nima Sanandaji, author of the forthcoming (August 23) book Debunking Utopia: Exposing the Myth of Nordic Socialism.

That will be fun.

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